IS THIS CHEATING?

[johnsain]

:idea: I've noticed something that may deserve to be looked at: maybe some of you have encountered managers who (lets say for instance)deceptively show a certain righthander pitching (the only righthander scheduled for that evening for his team) then you set your lineup accordingly. Then perhaps at the last possible moment (about 10pm) will switch that righthander with another (perhaps a R (6L) with a R (6R) thereby allowing his R (6R) pitcher now to possibly (if you do alot of platooning) face your lineup filled with righty hitters (whom you thought would be facing the pitcher who is weak against them). Has anyone experience this? - Is this cheating? - Should it be an issue? - If enough of you agree, the guidelines could be changed to having the changes posted by, say 8pm, and frozen...so each manager knows by that time the scheduled pitcher will not and cannot be changed. From 8pm till 10pm, the correct starting pitchers will be declared and shown. This allows a manager to confidently choose his lineup knowing precisely which pitcher(s) his team will be facing.

[johnsain]

The pitchers could be posted by 8pm (no changes allowed afterward) - while lineup changes can be set until 10pm.

[SCOTTBROWN]

I've done this. Not sure how it could be considered cheating but....... :?

[edgecitytx]

Don't you think your poll should be on whether we consider it cheating?

[Stoney18]

Get home at 9:30, check lineups, set pitchers.

How is that cheating?

[geekor]

I don't know, I set me lineups for what is best off their cards, not what is best off the pitchers card....

[rgimbel]

it is definetly not cheating but it is a flaw in the game. the pitchers should be set before the lineups

[BergRad]

Just part of the game.........in the early days of the SOM TSN there were alot worse things going on. Like one guy having 2 teams in the same league (still makes no sense to me). Or a couple of managers working together to make a winner (only trading amongst themselves after drafting pre-arranged players)

No this is not cheating.

[FoggyOne]

not cheating

[Terry101]

The poll should be changed to: Is it cheating? or Should the rules be changed? I think it is very unsportmanlike. If you read the rules that Strat gives you with the board game it is obvious that the other manager should always be aware and have the opportunity to be prepared for the actual pitcher pitching that day.

It all depends on the intent. Obviously if you get home at just before the deadline and set your pitchers- thats one thing- but to [b:3d7dc93254]intentionally[/b:3d7dc93254] deceive the opposing manager is low, maybe not technically "cheating" but it is a low move.

If you change pitchers, lets say your only righty pitching that day from a 6R to a 7L it would be good to send a pm or message to the opposing manager- at least letting him know the change.

This rule should be changed to an 8pm pitcher declaration and the same deadline as it is now for lineups.